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August 20, 2025, 01:45 PM - 8 min read
Is our universe perfectly flat or does it have curvature to it like a sphere, or flare outwards like a horse saddle? That depends on how dense the universe is, and mapping galaxy clusters helps us measure the density of a hypothetical force known as dark energy.
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April 17, 2025, 01:40 PM - 8 min read
A team led by Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan claims to have found strong signs of extraterrestrial life on K2-18b, a planet 120 light-years away. The team detected dimethyl sulfide in the planet's atmosphere, a molecule associated with life on Earth. However, more research is needed to confirm its habitability.
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December 25, 2024, 04:07 PM - 7 min read
The telescope took 30 years to build, but in three short years of operation, JWST has already revolutionised our view of the cosmos.
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October 18, 2024, 08:02 AM - 9 min read
The biggest new telescopes are being built in the mountains of Chile. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will house a mirror the size of four tennis courts, under a huge dome in the Atacama desert.
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September 16, 2024, 09:25 AM - 11 min read
For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with some recent observations.
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